1. European Innovation Partnership „Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability“ Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development

2. Food Biodiversity Habitats Economic Viability Climate Change Resource- management Bioeenergy Biomass Supply Chain Integration Challenges and Opportunities

3. Societal Challenges Prospect: Increasing food demand (FAO: plus 70% by 2050) Increasing land use competition (bio-mass, bio-energy, nature conservation) and pressures on resources and environment Slow-down of growth technological development Response: Increasing agricultural production and productivity in a sustainable manner (resource efficiency and “public goods”) Acting across the whole supply change (recycling, reduction of post-harvest loss, and new products) Requirements: Major investment into research and innovation

4. 4 Closing The Innovation GAP Research Farming Practice Interaction

5. 5 Needs Challenge-driven solutions based on: pursuing innovation in a cross-sectoral approach, integrating the whole supply chain interlinking existing innovation-related measures and initiatives facilitating communication among stakeholders and creating workable links between science and practice providing EU value added through networking and enhancing complementarity achieving synergies and enhancing effectiveness of existing instruments

6. Means Rural Development Programmes: Cooperation, including pilot and demonstration projects Business development Knowledge transfer and advisory services Quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs Investment in physical assets European Union Research Policy (Horizon 2020) Applied research enhancing the knowledge base Clusters of applied innovation actions and multi-stakeholder projects Support innovation brokers and innovation centres

7. Network Function of the EIP Interlinking innovation-related actions of Rural Development Policy and the Union Research and Innovation Framework Ensuring an effective flow of information and providing advice to partners about the opportunities provided by EU policies Exchange on best practice and accompanying research Systematic feedback about practice needs to the scientific community Exchange with European Technology Platforms (ETPs), European Research Area Networks (ERA-NETs), Joint Programming Initiatives, and other relevant fora Interface function of the Standing Committee for Agricultural Research SCAR

8. What is “Innovation”? Innovation means approaches that are new and successfully transformed into practical solutions (second criterion identifiable only ex-post) Innovation concerns products, processes, services, manage- ment, or organisational issues (supply or demand driven) The substance of innovation can differ by the structure of sector, regionally different states of development, and type of constraint faced (relative nature of innovation)

9. Implications for Fostering Innovation Engaging in innovative approaches implies not knowing the outcome in advance (need for inbuilt failure tolerance) The qualifier “innovative” cannot serve as an (ex-ante) eligibility criterion for measures fostering innovation (logical impossibility of defining “innovative” ex-ante) Need for defining eligibility for innovation-related measures by type of action

10. 10 Possible Themes Primary production: technical solutions to increasing productivity and economic viability Resource management: eco-system services, soil functionality, water management, and genetic resources (“public goods”) Bioeconomy: innovative technology for the bio-based economy; recyling; new products; reduction of post harvest loss Supply chain: integrated supply chain solutions; innovation in products and services, logistics, and management systems Quality and consumers: food quality, food safety, and healthy lifestyles (consumer information and consumer choice)

11. Rural Development Policy : Knowledge transfer Cooperation Pilot projects Advisory System Investment Research & Innovation Framework: Applied research Clusters Pilot projects Innovation brokers Operational Groups Horizon 2020 Programming Member States Programmes ETPs, ERA- Nets, JPIs, etc. EIP Network: Farmers Advisors Enterprises Researchers NGOs etc. Rural Development Committee Rural Development Network Steering Group Steering Board European Innovation Partnership ‚Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability ‘ Standing Committee on Agricultural Research

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